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south wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 etymology 2 navigation 3 south pole 4 geography 5 other uses 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents south 171 languages аԥсшәа acèh afrikaans አማርኛ aragonés العربية ܐܪܡܝܐ asturianu авар azərbaycanca تۆرکجه башҡортса basa bali žemaitėška bikol central беларуская тарашкевіца беларуская betawi български banjar বাংলা བོད ཡིག brezhoneg bosanski буряад català 閩東語 mìng dĕ̤ng ngṳ̄ cebuano کوردی corsu čeština словѣньскъ ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏ чӑвашла dansk deutsch zazaki kadazandusun ελληνικά emiliàn e rumagnòl esperanto español eesti euskara estremeñu فارسی suomi français nordfriisk furlan frysk gaeilge 贛語 galego گیلکی bahasa hulontalo ગુજરાતી wayuunaiki hausa 客家語 hak kâ ngî עברית हिन्दी hrvatski kreyòl ayisyen magyar հայերեն արեւմտահայերէն interlingua bahasa indonesia interlingue ilokano гӏалгӏай ido íslenska italiano 日本語 jawa ქართული qaraqalpaqsha taqbaylit tyap kumoring қазақша ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 перем коми کٲشُر kurdî коми кыргызча latina lëtzebuergesch luganda ligure lombard lingála ລາວ lietuvių latviešu मैथिली basa banyumasan мокшень malagasy олык марий minangkabau македонски മലയാളം मराठी bahasa melayu မြန်မာဘာသာ эрзянь napulitano नेपाली नेपाल भाषा nederlands norsk nynorsk norsk bokmål nouormand occitan ਪੰਜਾਬੀ kapampangan papiamentu polski پنجابی português runa simi română русский русиньскый саха тыла sicilianu scots سنڌي srpskohrvatski српскохрватски taclḥit සිංහල simple english slovenčina slovenščina chishona soomaaliga shqip српски srpski sunda svenska kiswahili தமிழ் ತುಳು తెలుగు тоҷикӣ ไทย tagalog türkçe татарча tatarça ئۇيغۇرچە uyghurche українська اردو oʻzbekcha ўзбекча vèneto vepsän kel tiếng việt volapük walon winaray 吴语 მარგალური ייִדיש vahcuengh ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ 閩南語 bân lâm gí 粵語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects abstract wikipedia wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia one of the four cardinal directions for other uses see south disambiguation southward redirects here for people with the surname southward see southward surname a 16 point compass rose with south highlighted at the bottom south is one of the cardinal directions or compass points the direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east etymology edit the word south comes from old english sūþ from earlier proto germanic sunþaz south possibly related to the same proto indo european root that the word sun derived from some languages describe south in the same way from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon in the northern hemisphere 1 like latin meridies noon south from medius middle dies day english cf meridional while others describe south as the right hand side of the rising sun like biblical hebrew תֵּימָן teiman south from יָמִין yamin right aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin right and syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina hence the name of yemen the land to the south right of the levant 2 south is sometimes abbreviated as s navigation edit américa invertida drawn in 1943 by joaquín torres garcía by convention the bottom or down facing side of a map is south although reversed maps exist that defy this convention 3 to go south using a compass for navigation set a bearing or azimuth of 180 alternatively in the northern hemisphere outside the tropics the sun will be roughly in the south at midday 4 south pole edit true south is one end of the axis about which the earth rotates called the south pole the south pole is located in antarctica magnetic south is the direction towards the south magnetic pole some distance away from the south geographic pole 5 roald amundsen from norway was the first person to reach the south pole on 14 december 1911 after ernest shackleton from the uk was forced to turn back some distance short 6 geography edit the global south refers to the socially and economically less developed southern half of the globe 95 of the global north has enough food and shelter and a functioning education system 7 in the south on the other hand only 5 of the population has enough food and shelter it lacks appropriate technology it has no political stability the economies are disarticulated and their foreign exchange earnings depend on primary product exports 7 use of the term south may also be country relative particularly in cases of noticeable economic or cultural divide for example the southern united states separated from the northeastern united states by the mason dixon line or the south of england which is politically and economically unmatched with all of the north of england southern cone is the name that is often referred to as the southernmost area of south america that in the form of an inverted cone almost like a large peninsula encompasses argentina chile paraguay uruguay and the entire south of brazil brazilian states of rio grande do sul santa catarina paraná and são paulo rarely does the meaning broaden to bolivia and in the most restricted sense it only covers chile argentina and uruguay the country of south africa is so named because of its location at the southern tip of africa upon formation the country was named the union of south africa in english reflecting its origin from the unification of four formerly separate british colonies australia derives its name from the latin terra australis southern land a name used for a hypothetical continent in the southern hemisphere since ancient times other uses edit in the card game bridge one of the players is known for scoring purposes as south south partners with north and plays against east and west 8 in greek religion notos was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn references edit how to use a compass compass alone www learn orienteering org retrieved 2020 07 16 yemen origin and meaning of the name yemen by online etymology dictionary www etymonline com retrieved 2020 07 16 the upsidedown map page flourish org retrieved 2 december 2013 how to use a compass learn orienteering retrieved 2 december 2013 geomagnetism frequently asked questions national geophysical data center retrieved 2 december 2013 roald amundsen public broadcasting service archived from the original on january 29 2000 retrieved 2 december 2013 1 2 mimiko oluwafemi 2012 globalization the politics of global economic relations and international business carolina academic p 47 francis henry g truscott alan f francis dorthy a eds 2001 the official encyclopedia of bridge 6th ed memphis tn american contract bridge league p 81 isbn 0 943855 44 6 oclc 49606900 external links edit the dictionary definition of south at wiktionary v t e compass direction cardinal and ordinal directions north northeast east southeast south southwest west northwest the eight principal winds tramontane gregale levant sirocco ostro libeccio ponente mistral retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title south oldid 1378520458 category orientation geometry hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata articles containing explicitly cited english language text this page was last edited on 4 october 2026 at 21 43 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy 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